*[Enwl-eng] Please support! Ten Points paper on EU Sustainable Taxonomy

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Dear All,


Following the note below, I write again from Brussels (in slightly less of a 
panic) to ask you to support an updated 'Ten Points' text on the EU Taxonomy 
of Sustainable Activities.


We have asked for your help many times already but we think it has never 
been more important that you continue your support in what is a key battle 
for the European sustainable agenda. As they prepare for the EU's 
announcement of a sustainable recovery, the EIB, the ECB, and many 
programmes such as InvestEU will soon use the Taxonomy to decide which 
activities to support - this alone will move hundreds of billions of euros. 
The taxonomy may also be a key instrument for the future EU Recovery Fund, 
which could amount to 1.5 trillion euros.


We need these funds to be spent sustainably, so we are sending the EU 
Commission a strong signal. We aim to collect 100 signatures by 12h00 on the 
11th of May: you can already submit yours through this Google Form. Please 
also forward this to your contacts. Should the Google Form not work for you, 
please contact me with your organisation's name, your full name, and your 
position/job title.


For more details, see below.


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State of Play


Last month, the EU's Technical Expert Group (TEG) published their 
recommendations on the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable Activities. Crucially, 
nuclear is out, fossil fuels are out, and waste incineration is also out, 
and we want to keep it that way.

The report is relatively science-based and it integrates quite a number of 
issues that you helped us raise by signing last September's Ten Points 
Statement.
For a more detailed reaction to the report, please see here.





What happens now?

As the public consultation is over, the Commission is now turning the 
technical recommendations into law. That means that the only avenue left to 
put pressure on the Commission is the media and informal contacts. 
Therefore, we propose sending the Ten Points document informally to key EU 
decision-makers and journalists so they know we are watching this process 
carefully.


As we saw during last week's public consultation, lobbyists for nuclear, 
gas, incineration, bioenergy and others are still trying to attack the 
taxonomy in any way they can.
We NGOs must respond to ask the Commission only to strengthen, not weaken, 
the taxonomy. We need to make sure the Commission understands that nuclear, 
gas, incineration, and other such activities do not belong in any 
sustainable taxonomy.





What can I do?


1. Please check the 'Ten Points' text to see whether you can support it. We 
kept many points from the first Ten Points text and we are trying to make 
this text short and simple - remember it is a petition rather than a 
detailed briefing! For any red lines, please contact me directly.


2. To signal your support, use this Google Form.


If the Google Form does not work, reply to me directly stating your:
Organisation, Signatory's Position

Signatory Name and Surname


3. Please circulate to your contacts! We achieved 60 signatures for the last 
letter. Now we aim for 100!


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As always, do not hesitate to write to me should you have any questions.


Best wishes,


Henry


On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 9:16 PM Henry Eviston <heviston at wwf.eu> wrote:

  Dear all,


  Following your support for our previous appeals for signatures on the EU 
Taxonomy, we are coming back to you with a further update and a slightly 
worrying warning.


  State of Play


  You may have seen that, last month, the EU's Technical Expert Group (TEG) 
published their recommendations on the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable 
Activities - see the 'Technical Annex' here.

  The report is relatively science-based and it integrated quite a number of 
issues that you helped us raise last September in the previous Ten Points 
Statement. Crucially, nuclear is out, fossil fuels are out, and waste 
incineration is also out. For more detail on our reaction to the report, see 
here.


  What happens now?


  We have put together another, updated, 'Ten Points' text, which we will 
soon ask you to sign, so we can forward it informally to key advocacy 
targets inside the Commission.


  However, the urgent thing is the Commission's consultation on the TEG 
technical recommendations, which closes next Monday 27/04. It is the last 
chance for public input before the Commission turns the criteria into the 
definitive taxonomy law (known as a delegated act). The page to submit this 
input is here.

  Now for the worrying bit. The nuclear and gas lobbies have already flooded 
this consultation page with answers, demanding that nuclear be re-included, 
asking for weaker thresholds on emissions, looking for more exemptions for 
biofuels... the usual!
  European environmental NGOs must respond. It is important that we send 
lots of replies: the Commission will not read these consultations in detail, 
but will instead simply look at which activities are most discussed and 
whether their criteria are broadly opposed or supported. We need to make 
sure the Commission understands that nuclear, gas, and incineration do not 
belong in the sustainable taxonomy.


  What can I do?


  Attached, you will find a template response to the consultation. Its 
length is adapted to the consultation's strict 4000-character limit.


  Could we ask you to
    a.. Slightly modify/adapt the responses so they do not appear completely 
identical - copy-pasting weakens individual responses).
    b.. Go to the consultation response page - click here - you may have to 
register, but please do!
    c.. Submit your answers!


  Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any clarification or if 
we can assist with this process - we are happy to help.


  Best wishes,


  Henry




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HENRY EVISTON | Sustainable Finance Policy Officer |

WWF European Policy Office |

123 rue du Commerce,1000 Brussels, Belgium |

EU Transparency Register Nr: 1414929419-24 |

Mobile: +44 770 602 5686 |

www.wwf.eu |


From: Henry Eviston
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 3:07 PM
Subject: Please support! Ten Points paper on EU Sustainable Taxonomy

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